Method for playing multiple videos on mobile terminal, mobile terminal, and readable storage medium

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method for playing multiple videos on a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a readable storage medium. The method includes: packaging a playing software development kit (SDK) for docking a multi-window player; constructing the multi-window player based on an Android fragment, and docking the multi-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as to play multi-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminal through the multi-window player; and constructing a multi-window player management architecture based on the Android fragment, establishing an interaction between the multi-window player management architecture and the multi-window player based on a technical event, managing playing of the multi-window player through the multi-window player management architecture.

The present disclosure claims the priority of Chinese patent applicationNo. 201710913434.4 filed on Sep. 30, 2017 to the CNIPA, the entirecontent of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications and, forexample, to a method for playing multiple videos on a mobile terminal, amobile terminal and a computer readable storage medium.

BACKGROUND

With the rapid development of mobile Internet and mobile terminals, moreand more people use mobile terminals to watch videos and pursue to watchmultiple high definition (HD) videos at the same time. Since softwarefor viewing multiple videos on a mobile terminal is highly complex, noneof the mainstream video providers, such as Tencent Video, iQiyi, andSohu Video, provides commercial multiple HD videos playing service onmobile clients.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a method for playing multiple videos ona mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a computer readable storagemedium to solve the problem that multiple videos cannot be played on themobile terminal.

The present disclosure provides a method for playing multiple videos ona mobile terminal. The method includes: packaging a playing softwaredevelopment kit (SDK) for docking a multi-window player; constructingthe multi-window player based on an Android fragment, and docking themulti-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as to playmulti-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminal through themulti-window player; and constructing a multi-window player managementarchitecture based on the Android fragment, establishing an interactionbetween the multi-window player management architecture and themulti-window player based on a technical event EventBus, and managingplaying of the multi-window player through the multi-window playermanagement architecture.

The present disclosure provides a device for playing multiple videos ona mobile terminal. The device includes: a packaging unit, which isconfigured to package a playing software development kit (SDK) fordocking a multi-window player; a construction unit, which is configuredto construct the multi-window player based on an Android fragment, anddock the multi-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as to playmulti-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminal through themulti-window player; and a processing unit, which is configured toconstruct a multi-window player management architecture based on theAndroid fragment, establish an interaction between the multi-windowplayer management architecture and the multi-window player based on atechnical event EventBus, manage playing of the multi-window playerthrough the multi-window player management architecture. The presentdisclosure further provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminalincludes a processor, a memory and a communication bus. Thecommunication bus is configured to implement communication between theprocessor and the memory. The processor is configured to executecomputer instructions stored in the memory to implement the above methodfor playing multiple videos on the mobile terminal.

The present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storagemedium for storing one or more program codes which, when executed by oneor more processors, implement any method for playing multiple videos onthe mobile terminal provided by the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for playing multiple videos on amobile terminal provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of packaging a playing SDK provided by anembodiment;

FIG. 3 is a structure diagram of a multiple video playing architectureprovided by an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a structure diagram of a multi-window player managementarchitecture provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a structure diagram of an interaction between a multi-windowplayer management architecture and a video program interface provided byan embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a structure diagram of a device for playing multiple videos ona mobile terminal provided by an embodiment; and

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal provided by anembodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides a method for playing multiple videos ona mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a computer readable storagemedium. According to the present disclosure, a multi-window player isdocked with a packaged playing SDK and playing of the multi-windowplayer is managed through a multi-window player management architecture,such that multiple videos are played on the mobile terminal and the usercan view the multiple videos at any time and place through the mobileterminal, thereby greatly enriching the user experience. The presentdisclosure will be described below in conjunction with the drawings andembodiments. The embodiments described herein are intended to explainand not to limit the present disclosure.

This embodiment provides a method for playing multiple videos on amobile terminal. Referring to FIG. 1, the method provided by thisembodiment includes the steps described below.

In step 1010, a playing software development kit (SDK) is packaged fordocking a multi-window player.

In step 1020, the multi-window player is constructed based on an Androidfragment, and the multi-window player is docked with the packagedplaying SDK, such that multi-window video programs are played on ascreen of a mobile terminal through the multi-window player.

In step 1030, a multi-window player management architecture isconstructed based on the Android fragment, an interaction between themulti-window player management architecture and the multi-window playeris established based on a technical event, and playing of themulti-window player is managed through the multi-window playermanagement architecture.

According to the present disclosure, a multi-window player is dockedwith a packaged playing SDK and playing of the multi-window player ismanaged through a multi-window player management architecture, such thatmultiple videos are played on the mobile terminal and the user can viewthe multiple videos at any time and place through the mobile terminal,thereby greatly enriching the user experience.

In the present embodiment, the packaged SDK is connected with theexisting player, constructs the multi-window player, and then themulti-window player is connected and connected with the packaged SDK,finally the playing of the multi-window player is managed through themulti-window player management architecture to implement themulti-window playing on the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, the step in which the playing SDK is packaged fordocking the player includes: loading a player library, creating aplayer, initializing the player, setting a playing interface, visiting aplaying address, starting playing, reporting a playing event andprocessing the playing event.

In the present embodiment, the packaged playing SDK is connected withmultiple types of players, so that the mobile terminal is able to playvideos in multiple formats. The packaged SDK in this embodiment is usedfor meeting needs of multi-window playing of the user. In addition, thepresent disclosure describes the method of the present disclosure onlyby taking an Android system as an example, and those skilled in the artmay also implement the method provided by the present disclosure onother mobile terminal systems according to the method provided by thepresent disclosure.

In an embodiment, through docking the players with the playing SDK andpackaging the playing SDK, the present disclosure eliminates differencebetween various mainstream players, solves some problems of differentplayers on different devices and satisfies adaptation to differentdevices of the multi-window playing. A playing function interface ispackaged, functions such as player creation, player initialization,visiting a playing address, starting playing and playing event reportingare provided. In the packaging of the playing SDK, how to solve theproblems in the one video playing and the problems in the multi-windowplaying are fully considered and a reasonable work division is achieved.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of packaging the playing SDK provided by anembodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the packagingprocess of the playing SDK includes: completing the docking between theplaying SDK and the player interface to implement a basic playingprocess, such as player creation, player initialization, playing linkvisiting and starting playing.

This embodiment provides a packaging process which is suitable to mostplayers. The process includes the steps described below.

In step 2010, loading the player library is completed.

A static mode is adopted. Once the player class is loaded, the playerlibrary is loaded first.

In step 2020, the player creation is completed.

Different players have different creation processes. The playing SDKneeds to perform different creation manners for docking.

In step 2030, the player initialization is completed.

The player initialization includes player engine registration andmonitoring event registration.

In step 2040, configuring the playing interface is completed.

After the player initialization is completed, video pictures need to beintroduced to the playing interface once the player starts playing.Configuring the playing interface includes processes such as interfacecreation, interface registration and interface callback monitoring.

In step 2050, playing address visiting is completed.

After the player is ready, it needs to visit the playing address andcause the player in a ready-to-play state. There are different ways tovisit the playing address, different ways correspond to differentparameters, and packaging is performed according to the parameters.

In step 2060, the starting playing of the videos is completed.

When the player is in the ready-to-play state, the corresponding playingcan be performed by calling the starting playing, and the startingplaying is to output content decoded by the player to the playinginterface for viewing.

In step 2070, the player event reporting is completed.

In step 2080, the player event is processed.

When the playing starts, playing event reporting is monitored andcorresponding processing is performed on different events.

In an embodiment, constructing the multi-window player based on theAndroid fragment includes: constructing an interface layer, a controllayer and a base dock layer of the multi-window player based on theAndroid fragment; docking the playing SDK through the base dock layer,calling the playing SDK to complete loading of the player, performingmulti-window mute and performing monitoring and capturing on the playingevent; controlling multi-window playing through the control layer,binding a multi-window control through the interface layer, andperforming gravity sensing on multi-window screen rotation and detectionon a multi-window screen slide gesture.

In the present disclosure, through rationally layering and rationallyallocating functions of each layer, the playing of the mobile terminalis smooth and the operation is sensitive when multiple windows areplayed simultaneously.

In an embodiment, the control includes multi-window click eventcapturing, converting a multi-window monitoring event to a multi-windowmessage, multi-window playing event reporting, and switching between afull-screen window and smaller windows during the multi-window playing.

The present disclosure forms a complete multi-window player throughloading the playing SDK, and through configuring the base dock layer,the control layer, and the interface layer, as shown in FIG. 3.

The base dock layer is used for docking the playing SDK, calling theplaying SDK to complete the loading of the player, providing amulti-window mute function, and performing the playing event monitoringand capturing. For example:

calling the playing SDK to load the player, providing playing ability ofuniversal players, and supporting the playing ability in multi-windowplaying.

The multi-window mute function means that in the multi-window playing,only the video the user wants to watch has sound and other videos haveno sound. This function implements a function of turning on the videosound and turning off the video sound in the multi-window playing.

The playing SDK event monitoring and capturing means that the playingencounters a variety of cases in the playing process and thecorresponding event is reported. This function completes the processingof corresponding event in the playing SDK.

The control layer: the multi-window control layer completes thecorresponding control in the multi-window playing, which includes themulti-window click event capturing, the converting the multi-windowmonitoring event to the multi-window message, the multi-window playingevent reporting, and switching between a full-screen window and smallerwindows during the multi-window playing. For example:

the multi-window click event capturing: in the multi-window playing,when clicking one window, the user needs to determine which window isselected, determine whether this window is a main playing window,whether there is sound, whether to perform switching between afull-screen window and smaller windows, a series of processes arecompleted.

Multi-window control event processing and reporting: in the multi-windowplaying, multi-window playing control and state event processing andreporting exists, including: processing such as back-end switching ofthe multi-window playing, identity of a container in which multiplewindows are located, whether the multi-window playing is one window,whether in a mute state, and converting to the multi-window message toreport to the multi-window player management architecture.

Converting a multi-window reporting event to the multi-window message:in the multi-window playing, each multi-window player reports the eventto facilitate the upper multi-window player management architecture toachieve intercommunication between multiple multi-window players. Thisfunction converts the multi-window reporting event into the multi-windowmessage to facilitate management of the multi-window player managementarchitecture.

Switching between a full-screen window and smaller windows during themulti-window playing: in the multi-window playing, through the switchingbetween a full-screen window and smaller windows, the user switchesbetween multiple windows playing and single window full-screen playing.When multiple windows playing is switched to single window full-screenplaying, views of other relative layouts are hided and their sounds areturned off, this window is configured to be full screen and play thesound. When the single window full-screen playing is switched to themultiple windows playing, this window is reduced to a multi-window stateand configured to play the sound, and other multi-windows are displayedagain.

The interface layer: the interface layer of the multi-window playingcompletes multi-window control binding, multi-window screen rotationgravity sensing and multi-window screen slide gesture detection. Forexample:

Multi-window playing control binding: multi-window playing interfacecontrol binding is divided into two states: a smaller windows state anda full-screen state. In the smaller windows state, since multiplewindows are on the screen, each window has a small size, and fewercontrols are bound to the multiple windows, and only a button forswitching between a full-screen window and smaller windows and a playingprogress bar are provided. The full screen is bound with more controls,including the button for switching between a full-screen window andsmaller windows, the playing progress bar, the sound configuration bar,a playing pause button and a playing exit button.

Multi-window playing screen rotation gravity sensing mainly completesthe switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen duringthe multi-window playing when the screen rotates. Only when a screenrotation angle is greater than 45 degrees, the screen rotation isperformed. After the rotation is completed, it needs to acquire a sizeof a multi-window interface and to complete the multi-window interfacerefreshing.

Multi-window screen slide gesture detection: the multi-window screenslide gesture includes gesture control fast forward, fast backward, andscreen sound magnitude. Here a problem that a gesture sliding positioncontrols which one of the multiple windows is mainly solved, a solutionis to determine according to the number of multiple windows and aposition of the multi-window interface.

In an embodiment, managing playing of the multi-window player throughthe multi-window player management architecture includes: acquiring asize of the playing interface of the multi-window player through themulti-window player management architecture, multi-window playerselecting and refreshing, multi-window player management data structuresetting, multi-window player position arrangement refreshing,multi-window player sound setting, information synchronization andcommunication between multi-window players, switching between amulti-window state of the multi-window player and a full-screen windowstate of the multi-window player, and screen direction changing of themulti-window player management interface.

The multi-window player management architecture of this embodiment isused for managing the playing of multiple windows, so that multiplewindows can work at the same time, and the selected window may have thesound. Provided is a viewing mode of switching between theone-video-full-screen-window playing and the multiple videossimultaneous playing, and a communication function of multiple windowsis completed.

Moreover, the present disclosure docks the multi-window player with themulti-window player management architecture, i.e., the multi-windowplayer management architecture is not only a manager of the multi-windowplayer, but also is a multi-video interface container, carries themulti-window player, implements operation and communication between themulti-window player management architecture and the multi-window player,includes functions such as loading, releasing, player interfacerefreshing and screen direction changing of the multi-window player.

In this embodiment, the multi-window player management architecturedesigned based on the Android Fragment technology may manage themulti-window playing, and include the following functions: informationsynchronization and communication between multiple players, managementinterface refreshing after loading, release and operation of multipleplayers, position arrangement problems of multiple playing windows,multiple player selection and sound control, window size acquisition ofmultiple window players and gravity sensing of multiple players.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of functions implemented by a multi-window playermanagement architecture provided by an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4,the multi-window player management architecture is designed based on theAndroid fragment, and the function implementation of the multi-windowplayer management architecture conforms to a life cycle of the Androidfragment and provides corresponding interfaces. The functions of themulti-window player management architecture include window sizeacquisition, multi-window selecting and refreshing, a multi-windowmanagement data structure design, multi-window player positionarrangement refreshing, multi-window sound setting, informationsynchronization and communication between multi-window players,switching between a full-screen window and smaller windows of themulti-window player, and screen direction changing of the multi-windowplayer management interface. For example:

Window size acquisition: the window size is acquired through acquiring amulti-window container size, and performing corresponding screendivision calculation. The window size is monitored by using a monitorview tree in a changing monitor class. When the screen rotates andswitching between the full-screen window state and the multi-windowstate is performed, this monitoring can acquire a corresponding windowwidth and height, i.e., the window size. These window size parametersprovide support for the screen rotation and switching.

The multi-window management data structure design: multi-windowmanagement data structure is designed as a Java component, includingcontents such as the multi-window player, a container in which themulti-window player is located, whether the multi-window player is mutedand a content address of multi-window player playing interface. Multiplemulti-window players in the multi-window player management architectureforms a linked list.

Multi-window player position arrangement refresh: in the multi-windowplaying, one or more multi-window players work simultaneously. How toarrange these multi-window players is a core issue for the multi-windowmanagement. First, the multi-window player containers are formed into alink list. When adding or deleting the multi-window player, the Javacomponent list of the multi-window players is compared with thecontainer link list. Through comparing the container address, an unusedcontainer is selected from the container link list for carrying themulti-window player. During position refreshing, refreshing only needsto be performed according to the number of existing multi-windowplayers, the container size and corresponding position are configured.

Multi-window player communication and information synchronization: thedesigned multi-window player list and multi-window management datastructure are used. When a window player in the multi-window playersends a message, through traversing the multi-window player list,information is delivered to all multi-window players or thecorresponding multi-window players to complete informationsynchronization. Scenarios such as full exiting of the multi-windowplaying, refreshing of multiple or all multi-window players, determiningthe number of multi-window players after performing some operations.

Multi-window selecting and refreshing: in the multi-window playing, whenmultiple windows are provided, the user will select a window as the mainwindow for viewing. When the user clicks this multi-window, themulti-window player captures this click, and then reports containeraddress information to the multi-window player management architecture.The multi-window player management architecture traverses the containerlist through the container address, configures borders of thecorresponding window playing container to be red, configures thisplaying window to be volume on, refreshes other multi-window players,cancels red borders of other multi-window players, turns off sound ofthe window. The above process is multi-window selecting and refreshingfunction.

Multi-window sound setting: during the multi-window playing, multiplewindows may be configured to have sound simultaneously, which may becompleted through the sound setting of the multi-window playerinterface. After the interface configuration is completed, the event isreported to the multi-window player management architecture. In thiscase, the multi-window player management architecture needs to search amulti-window player list through the container address, and configuresthe sound item in the corresponding multi-window data structure to be ina mute or unmute state, i.e., updating multi-window player managementarchitecture sound information.

Switching between a multi-window state and a full-screen window state ofthe multi-window player: during the multi-window playing, the user mayswitch the multi-screen state and the full-screen state through a buttonon the multi-window player interface. After the user clicks the button,the multi-window player completes a series of operations and reports theevent to the multi-window player management architecture. Themulti-window player management architecture calls a multi-windowmagnitude function to acquire the multi-window size, and configures themulti-window container list to display or hide the correspondingmulti-window, and configures the window according to the window sizeparameters and completes the switching between the multi-window stateand the full-screen window state.

Screen direction changing of the multi-window player managementinterface: the multi-window management interface is the carryinginterface of all multi-windows. When the multi-window player starts torotate, the event is reported to the multi-window management interface.In this case, the screen direction of the multi-window managementinterface should rotate synchronously along with the multi-windowplayer, and complete the function of switching between a horizontalscreen and a vertical screen multi-window playing.

The interaction between the multi-window player management architectureand the multi-window player in this embodiment includes one or more ofthe following modes: multi-window video program addition, multi-windowvideo program deletion, multi-window playing environment detection,multi-window video program display, multi-window video displaysynchronization, and multi-window playing state switching.

In this embodiment, the interaction between the multi-channel videomanagement architecture and the video program interface is based on thetechnical event EventBus to realize the interaction between the programinterface and the multi-window player management architecture. Theinteraction mainly includes functions such as opening or closing of themulti-video playing mode, the multi-window video program addition ordeletion, a name and display of the corresponding content of themulti-video playing program, synchronization of correspondinginformation of the program interface when an abnormal situation occursin the process of multi-video playing. The interaction between the userand the multi-video provides the user with a convenient, fast and smoothmulti-channel video operation interaction mode.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an interaction between a multi-window playermanagement architecture and a multi-window player provided by anembodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the interaction modes include: themulti-window video program addition, the multi-window video programdeletion, the multi-window playing environment detection, themulti-window video program display, the multi-window video programdisplay synchronization, and the multi-window playing state switching.

The multi-window video program addition: the multi-window video programaddition is divided into two kinds of processes. In one process, itneeds to create the multi-window player management architecture firstwhen it is determined that the multi-window playing is started the firsttime. In the process of creating and starting, a first multi-windowplayer is automatically started and loaded and the multi-window videoprogram addition is implemented. In the other process, when it isdetermined that the multi-window playing is not started the first time(i.e., the multi-window player management architecture has beenstarted), the started multi-window player management architecture isacquired, a new multi-window player is created and added to themulti-window player management architecture, and the multi-windowplaying video addition is completed.

Multi-window video program display and synchronization: after themulti-window player starts playing, the program interface needs todisplay all the video programs being played, i.e., after themulti-window player is successfully created, the video programs areadded to create a video program display window. The video programdisplay window is maintained to be synchronized with the multi-windowplayer, i.e., when the multi-window player exits abnormally, the contentof the video program display window about the multi-window player willdisappear.

Multi-window playing environment detection: during the multi-windowplaying process, when the video program is added, the current playingenvironment will be detected. When the number of multiple windowsreaches the maximum number and the added video program is alreadyplaying, this video program is not allowed to be added.

The multi-window video program deletion: after the multi-window playingstarts, the program interface displays all the contents played by themulti-window player being played. The user may select to delete anyprogram on the interface, after deleting the program, the multi-windowplaying management interface receives the event, this multi-windowplayer is released, the multi-window player arrangement mode issynchronously refreshed, and the video program deletion is completed.

Multi-window playing state switching: the multi-window playing stateswitching is used for turning on and off the multi-window playing. Whenthe multi-window playing function is started, the program displayinterface needs to start the multi-window program display function. Whenthe multi-window playing function is turned off, the program displayinterface needs to turn off the multi-window program display function.

The present disclosure enables the user to simultaneously watch multiplevideos on an Android mobile terminal, so that the user does not miss thehighlight of each video, and can freely switch the video viewing mode(switching between multi-video simultaneous viewing and one-videofull-screen viewing), configure sound switching of the multiple videosand freely enjoy video surfing. The present disclosure implementsmulti-window (multi-video) playing on the Android mobile terminal, andhas characteristics of user-friendliness, high sensitivity, ingeniousdesign and small calculation amount, simple multi-channel videomanagement, and various viewing modes switching and rich broadcastingoperation).

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device for playingmultiple videos on a mobile terminal. Referring to FIG. 6, the deviceincludes: a packaging unit 310, which is configured to package a playingSDK for docking a multi-window player; a construction unit 320, which isconfigured to construct the multi-window player based on an Androidfragment, and dock the multi-window player with the packaged playing SDKso as to play multi-window video programs on a screen of a mobileterminal through the multi-window player; and a processing unit 330,which is configured to construct a multi-window player managementarchitecture based on the Android fragment, establish an interactionbetween the multi-window player management architecture and themulti-window player based on a technical event, and manage playing ofthe multi-window player through the multi-window player managementarchitecture.

The present disclosure packages the SDK through the packaging unit,docks the multi-window player and the packaged playing SDK through theconstruction unit and manages playing of the multi-window player throughthe multi-window player management architecture, finally establishesdocking between the multi-window player management architecture and theprogram interface based on the technical event, thus implementing theplaying of the multiple videos on the mobile terminal, the user is ableto viewing the multiple videos at any time and place through the mobileterminal, thereby greatly enriching the user experience.

In an embodiment, the packaging unit 310 is configured to load a playerlibrary, create a player, initialize the player, set a playinginterface, visit a playing address, start playing, report a playingevent and handle the playing event.

This embodiment packages the playing SDK through the packaging unit 310and establishes a connection with multiple players, so that the mobileterminal is able to play videos in multiple formats, and the packagedSDK in this embodiment is used for meeting needs of multi-window playingof the user. In addition, the present disclosure describes the method ofthe present disclosure only by taking an Android system as an example,and those skilled in the art may also implement the method provided bythe present disclosure on other mobile terminal systems according to themethod provided by the present disclosure.

The present disclosure eliminates difference between various mainstreamplayers through docking the players with the playing SDK and packagingof the playing SDK, solves some problems of different players ondifferent devices, and satisfies adaptation to different devices of themulti-window playing. A playing function interface is packaged,functions such as player creation, player initialization, visiting aplaying address, starting playing and playing event reporting areprovided. In the packaging of the playing SDK, how to solve the problemsin the one video playing and the problems in the multi-window playingare fully considered and a reasonable work division is achieved.

In an embodiment, the construction unit 320 is configured to constructthe multi-window player based on the Android fragment and dock themulti-window player with the packaged playing SDK in the followingmanner: constructing an interface layer, a control layer and a base docklayer of the based on the Android fragment; docking the playing SDKthrough the base dock layer, calling the playing SDK to complete loadingof the player, performing multi-window mute and performing monitoringand capturing on the playing event; control multi-window playing throughthe control layer, binding a multi-window control through the interfacelayer, and performing gravity sensing on multi-window screen rotationand detection on a multi-window screen slide gesture. The presentdisclosure enables the mobile terminal to play smoothly and be operatedsensitively when multiple windows are played simultaneously throughrationally layering and rationally allocating functions of each layer.

The construction unit 320 is further configured to acquire a size of aplaying interface of the multi-window player, multi-window playerselecting and refreshing, multi-window player management data structuresetting, multi-window player position arrangement refreshing,multi-window player sound setting, information synchronization andcommunication between multi-window players, switching between afull-screen window and smaller windows of the multi-window player, andscreen direction changing of the multi-window player managementinterface. Multiple multi-window players are provided.

The construction unit 320 of this embodiment is configured to manage theplaying of multi-window players, so that the multi-window players canwork at the same time, and the selected window has sound, and a viewingmode in which a one-video-full-screen playing and amultiple-videos-simultaneous-playing can be switched is provided and acommunication function of multi-window players is completed.

The present disclosure docks the multi-window player with themulti-window player management architecture, i.e., the multi-windowplayer management architecture is not only a multi-window playermanager, but also is a multi-window player container, carrying themulti-window player. The operation and communication between themulti-window player management architecture and the multi-window playerare implemented, including loading and releasing of the multi-windowplayer, the multi-window player interface refreshing, the screendirection changing and the like.

The related content in this embodiment may be understood with referenceto the method embodiment, what has been described will not be repeatedherein.

As shown in FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides amobile terminal, which includes: a processor 710, a memory 720 and acommunication bus. The communication bus is configured to implementcommunication between the processor 710 and the memory 720; the memory720 is configured to store computer instructions and the processor 710is configured to execute computer instructions stored in the memory 720to implement the following steps: packaging a playing softwaredevelopment kit (SDK) for docking a multi-window player; constructingthe multi-window player based on an Android fragment, and docking themulti-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as to playmulti-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminal through themulti-window player; and constructing a multi-window player managementarchitecture based on the Android fragment, establishing an interactionbetween the multi-window player management architecture and themulti-window player based on a technical event EventBus, and managingplaying of the multi-window player through the multi-window playermanagement architecture.

According to the present disclosure, a multi-window player is dockedwith a packaged playing SDK and playing of the multi-window player ismanaged through a multi-window player management architecture, such thatmultiple videos are played on the mobile terminal and the user can viewthe multiple videos at any time and place through the mobile terminal,thereby greatly enriching the user experience.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides acomputer-readable storage medium for storing one or more program codeswhich, when executed by one or more processors, implement any method forplaying multiple videos on the mobile terminal provided by the presentdisclosure. Therefore, corresponding technical effects are also beimplemented, which has been explained above, and will not be describedherein.

1. A method for playing multiple videos on a mobile terminal,comprising: packaging a playing software development kit, SDK, fordocking a multi-window player; constructing the multi-window playerbased on an Android fragment, and docking the multi-window player withthe packaged playing SDK so as to play multi-window video programs on ascreen of a mobile terminal through the multi-window player; andconstructing a multi-window player management architecture based on theAndroid fragment, establishing an interaction between the multi-windowplayer management architecture and the multi-window player based on atechnical event EventBus, managing playing of the multi-window playerthrough the multi-window player management architecture.
 2. The methodof claim 1, wherein packaging the playing software development kit (SDK)comprises: loading a player library, creating a player, initializing theplayer, setting a playing interface, opening a playing address, startingplaying, reporting a playing event and processing the playing event. 3.The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-window player comprises a basedock layer, a control layer and an interface layer; wherein docking themulti-window player with the packaged playing SDK comprises: docking theplaying SDK through the base dock layer, calling the playing SDK tocomplete loading of the player, performing multi-window mute andperforming monitoring and capturing on the playing event; controllingmulti-window playing through the control layer, binding a multi-windowcontrol through the interface layer, and performing gravity sensing onmulti-window screen rotation and detection on a multi-window screenslide gesture.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein controlling themulti-window playing comprises: multi-window click event capturing,converting a multi-window monitoring event to a multi-window message,multi-window playing event reporting, and switching between afull-screen window and smaller windows during the multi-window playing.5. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the playing of themulti-window player through the multi-window player managementarchitecture comprises: implementing the following operations throughthe multi-window player management architecture: acquiring a size of aplaying interface of the multi-window player, multi-window playerselecting and refreshing, setting of a management data structure of themulti-window player, multi-window player position arrangementrefreshing, sound setting of the multi-window player, informationsynchronization and communication between multi-window players,multi-screen and full-screen switching of the multi-window player, andscreen direction changing of a multi-window player management interface,wherein multiple multi-window players are provided.
 6. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the interaction between the multi-window playermanagement architecture and the multi-window player comprises at leastone of: multi-window video program addition or deletion, multi-windowplaying environment detection, multi-window video program displaying andsynchronization, and multi-window playing state switching.
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 9. A mobile terminal, comprising: a processor, a memoryand a communication bus, wherein the communication bus is configured toimplement communication between the processor and the memory; theprocessor is configured to execute computer instructions stored in thememory to implement a method for playing multiple videos on the mobileterminal, wherein the method comprises: packaging a playing softwaredevelopment kit (SDK) for docking a multi-window player; constructingthe multi-window player based on an Android fragment, and docking themulti-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as to playmulti-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminal through themulti-window player; and constructing a multi-window player managementarchitecture based on the Android fragment, establishing an interactionbetween the multi-window player management architecture and themulti-window player based on a technical event EventBus, managingplaying of the multi-window player through the multi-window playermanagement architecture.
 10. A non-transitory computer-readable storagemedium storing one or more program codes which, when executed by one ormore processors, implement a method for playing multiple videos on themobile terminal, wherein the method comprises: packaging a playingsoftware development kit (SDK) for docking a multi-window player;constructing the multi-window player based on an Android fragment, anddocking the multi-window player with the packaged playing SDK so as toplay multi-window video programs on a screen of a mobile terminalthrough the multi-window player; and constructing a multi-window playermanagement architecture based on the Android fragment, establishing aninteraction between the multi-window player management architecture andthe multi-window player based on a technical event EventBus, managingplaying of the multi-window player through the multi-window playermanagement architecture.
 11. The mobile terminal according to claim 9,wherein packaging the playing software development kit (SDK) comprises:loading a player library, creating a player, initializing the player,setting a playing interface, opening a playing address, startingplaying, reporting a playing event and processing the playing event. 12.The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the multi-windowplayer comprises a base dock layer, a control layer and an interfacelayer; wherein docking the multi-window player with the packaged playingSDK comprises: docking the playing SDK through the base dock layer,calling the playing SDK to complete loading of the player, performingmulti-window mute and performing monitoring and capturing on the playingevent; controlling multi-window playing through the control layer,binding a multi-window control through the interface layer, andperforming gravity sensing on multi-window screen rotation and detectionon a multi-window screen slide gesture.
 13. The mobile terminalaccording to claim 12, wherein controlling the multi-window playingcomprises: multi-window click event capturing, converting a multi-windowmonitoring event to a multi-window message, multi-window playing eventreporting, and switching between a full-screen window and smallerwindows during the multi-window playing.
 14. The mobile terminalaccording to claim 9, wherein managing the playing of the multi-windowplayer through the multi-window player management architecturecomprises: implementing the following operations through themulti-window player management architecture: acquiring a size of aplaying interface of the multi-window player, multi-window playerselecting and refreshing, setting of a management data structure of themulti-window player, multi-window player position arrangementrefreshing, sound setting of the multi-window player, informationsynchronization and communication between multi-window players,multi-screen and full-screen switching of the multi-window player, andscreen direction changing of a multi-window player management interface,wherein multiple multi-window players are provided.
 15. The mobileterminal according to claim 9, wherein the interaction between themulti-window player management architecture and the multi-window playercomprises at least one of: multi-window video program addition ordeletion, multi-window playing environment detection, multi-window videoprogram displaying and synchronization, and multi-window playing stateswitching.
 16. The storage medium according to claim 10, whereinpackaging the playing software development kit (SDK) comprises: loadinga player library, creating a player, initializing the player, setting aplaying interface, opening a playing address, starting playing,reporting a playing event and processing the playing event.
 17. Thestorage medium according to claim 10, wherein the multi-window playercomprises a base dock layer, a control layer and an interface layer;wherein docking the multi-window player with the packaged playing SDKcomprises: docking the playing SDK through the base dock layer, callingthe playing SDK to complete loading of the player, performingmulti-window mute and performing monitoring and capturing on the playingevent; controlling multi-window playing through the control layer,binding a multi-window control through the interface layer, andperforming gravity sensing on multi-window screen rotation and detectionon a multi-window screen slide gesture.
 18. The storage medium accordingto claim 17, wherein controlling the multi-window playing comprises:multi-window click event capturing, converting a multi-window monitoringevent to a multi-window message, multi-window playing event reporting,and switching between a full-screen window and smaller windows duringthe multi-window playing.
 19. The storage medium according to claim 10,wherein managing the playing of the multi-window player through themulti-window player management architecture comprises: implementing thefollowing operations through the multi-window player managementarchitecture: acquiring a size of a playing interface of themulti-window player, multi-window player selecting and refreshing,setting of a management data structure of the multi-window player,multi-window player position arrangement refreshing, sound setting ofthe multi-window player, information synchronization and communicationbetween multi-window players, multi-screen and full-screen switching ofthe multi-window player, and screen direction changing of a multi-windowplayer management interface, wherein multiple multi-window players areprovided.
 20. The storage medium according to claim 10, wherein theinteraction between the multi-window player management architecture andthe multi-window player comprises at least one of: multi-window videoprogram addition or deletion, multi-window playing environmentdetection, multi-window video program displaying and synchronization,and multi-window playing state switching.